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Israeli fire suicide attempt again

Israeli daily Israel Hayom deleted two lines in its report of the suicide note left by Moshe Silman, who set himself on fire at the close of Saturday night’s social justice protest in Tel Aviv. The lines edited out were a direct attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz.

According to initial reports, the man was a 50-year-old disabled man. He reportedly brought a canister of gasoline to a bus stop in Yehud and set himself alight, when passersby saw what was happening and put out the fire. The man sustained burns to over 80 percent of his body.

Rescue services arrived at the scene, and evacuated the man to Tel Hashomer Hospital.

This is a developing story.

Of course, I do not know the complete background of this tragic event yet.